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Developers hide staff from headhunters
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 01/07/2013
» Construction workers are so scarce these days that developers are doing all they can to prevent their employees from being snatched by other operators to work on the government's planned megaprojects.
Soaring silk prices lead to surge in number of farmers
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 07/05/2013
» A surge in silk yarn prices in the last two years has attracted more silk farmers, according to the Queen Sirikit Department of Sericulture (QSDS).
Siam City Cement focuses on water management, air quality
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 02/05/2013
» Siam City Cement Plc (SCCC), Thailand's second-largest cement producer, has included two new sustainable development (SD) challenges in its plans following achievements in five original areas.
Spice of life
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 17/04/2013
» When Rosina Mudman and her three siblings started selling Thai food from a portable stall in Kuala Lumpur 30 years ago, people in the Malaysian capital didn't know what a spicy tom yum was.
Leather industry upgrade urged to cope with high demand
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 18/03/2013
» The local tannery industry needs to improve its production process to cope with higher costs after domestic leather prices increased by 250% over the past two years to a record high due to a shortage of leather supplies.
Leave it to us
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 12/02/2013
» Boonlert Rattanayaem earns 200,000 baht each year from his eight-rai tobacco plantation.
Japanese makers feel the wage hike
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 30/01/2013
» Up to 80% of Japanese firms operating in Thailand are affected by the daily minimum wage hike, with labour-intensive industries looking to relocate to neighbouring countries.
Unskilled migrant workers get a reprieve
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 27/12/2012
» The Board of Investment yesterday gave a New Year present to the industrial sector by extending the use of unskilled migrant workers in BoI-promoted companies for another two years.
A sweet investment
Business, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 17/12/2012
» When 35-year-old Dilok Pinyosee was a university undergraduate, he had no clue he would one day be growing sugar cane in his home town in Khon Kaen province.
Middle path still the best option
Life, Nanchanok Wongsamuth, Published on 07/12/2012
» A few months ago I covered a visit by the BMW Group to the Ministry of Industry in Thailand when a wide range of topics were discussed, but one that struck me was the issue of labour shortage.